Genic

Genic
A shiny metallic pattern, with a diagonal strip removed. Inside of the strip is the image of a woman wearing a black lace veil CD/DVD and digital artwork.
Studio album by Namie Amuro
Released	June 10, 2015
Recorded	2014–2015
Genre	Electronic dance music R&B
Length	49:00
Language	English Engrish Japanese
Label	Avex Trax Avex Music Creative Inc. Dimension Point
Producer	Skylar Mones David Guetta Bardur Haberg Joacim "Twin" Persson SeventyEight James "Keyz" Foye Sophie Erik Lidbom Hook N Sling Mighty Mike
Namie Amuro chronology
Ballada (2014)Ballada2014 Genic (2015)
Singles from Genic
"What I Did for Love" Released: July 1, 2015

Genic (stylized as _genic) is the twelfth studio and third English album by Japanese recording artist Namie Amuro. It was released on June 10, 2015 through Amuro's record label Dimension Point in Japan, and co-distributed through Avex Trax and Avex Music Creative Inc. globally. Produced by Skylar Mones, David Guetta, SeventyEight, Sophie, amongst others, Genic is musically an electronic dance album, influenced by R&B music. The themes of the album include narcissism, self-empowerment, glamour, and having fun.

The album produced one single and five promotional singles. The lead single "What I Did for Love", a cover duet with French musician David Guetta, was released on July 1, 2015 through digital retails, but did not enter any Japanese record charts. "Birthday", "Stranger", "Anything", "Fashionista" and "Golden Touch" served as the promotional singles, and were supported by several commercial and company endorsements including Google Chrome. To promote the album, Amuro eventually embarked on a concert tour named Livegenic Tour 2015, which commenced on September 5, 2015 in Saitama City and travelled throughout Japan.

Genic received positive reviews from most music critics, who praised the album's hooks and complimented the production and composition. However, some noted her incomprehensible Engrish deliveries in most songs, and felt some tracks were fillers. It was also a commercial success in Japan, peaking atop the Oricon Singles Chart for one weeks and becoming the 16th best-selling album of 2015 in the country. The album also peaked atop the Billboard Japanese Albums Chart and two other competent charts.

Background

In 2012, Japanese singer Namie Amuro released her tenth studio album, Uncontrolled. It was her first studio album to incorporate English language, with a total of five album tracks including English. The following year, Amuro released her eleventh studio album Feel, which carried on the use of English language on half of the album's tracks. It was her first album release by her record label Dimension Point, a subsidiary label with Avex Trax. Despite both the album's success, Amuro's English language had been criticized on several occasions for being "inconsistent" and "incomprehensible"; for example, Otakudx.com editor Michael McCarthy stated that her English language was a "failure on so many levels". During and after both the album's concert tours between 2012 and 2014, she released two maxi single's: "Tsuki" and "Brighter Day". Both the single's carried on English language throughout the corresponding B-side tracks; "Neonlight Lipstick" and "Ballerina" on "Tsuki", and "Sweet Kisses" on "Brighter Day".

In January 2015, Amuro purchased a home in Los Angeles, California in order to improve her English language. That same month, Amuro announced her departure from her management company Rising Productions (formerly Vision Factory) after 22 years, and signed a management contract with Dimension Point and Avex Trax. In June, after the release of Genic, she revealed that she had been signed to her own private management company Stella88, which was credited on the album's liner booklet. Then on April 13, Amuro announced the release of Genic on June 10, 2015. She also revealed the album's artwork and CD digipak that same day.

Development and recording

Both Amuro's labels Avex Trax and Dimension Point enlisted several musicians and producers to work on the album, including Australian DJ Hook N Sling, German/Russian DJ Zedd, French DJ David Guetta, Swedish songwriter and producer Erik Lidbom, Swedish songwriter Joacim Persson, UK music producer Sophie, and Swedish songwriting team SeventyEight. In an interview with Sweet July magazine, Amuro stated "My staff understands my vision and made a selection of demo’s for me. As always, I chose the songs which instantly felt right to me. It turns out those songs link to the current trend." In total, more than 200 songs were created during the music sessions for Amuro to listen to. She felt that choosing the final songs were easy because she favoured the intro's rather than the entirety of it; producers then changed and distorted the rest of the songs to appeal to her. She commented that the "full song was different from the impression the intro left on me".

Genic is Amuro's first album not to feature any pre-released singles, her first to do so since her debut album Dance Tracks Vol.1 (1995). Amuro commented that "There’s the view that tie-ups are important and albums should include single songs, but it’s not set in stone. Nothing will ever change if you don’t try when you can. I think there are times when it’s important to simply do something." Amuro's non-album singles: "Tsuki", "Ballerina", "Neonlight Lipstick", "Brighter Day", "Sweet Kisses" and "Still Lovin' You" were all released as part of commercial promotions in Japan. Amuro felt that, had any of the non-album singles featured on the album, it would be too similar to other included tracks on Genic. She recorded eight of the songs from Genic at Prime Sound Studio in Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, while recording four at LAB Recorders in Nishi-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo. "Photogenic" was recorded at ABS Recording and "Space Invader" at Bunkamura Studio, both located in Shibuya. Each track's instrumental backing was recorded or created at personal studios of the songs' producers, while "What I Did for Love", a song originally found on David Guetta's studio album Listen (2015), was recorded at Metropolis Studios London, with additional orchestra recording undertaken at Stadthalle Offenbach in Offenbach am Main, Germany. One of Amuro's representatives said her move to Los Angeles was to improve her English-language skills and carry out music ventures in Los Angeles; they also said that Amuro wanted to challenge herself and "step up her game" for Genic.

Composition and songwriting

“Songs were often translated opposite of what I intended. I’ll take up the challenge of solving that puzzle because I also have the desire to rattle people more (laughs). Also, I think there are puzzles which only the people who bought the album can solve!”

—Namie Amuro talking about the lyrics and the translations.

According to Amuro, she described the sound of Genic as a "revival" of "1970s–1980s dance music and 1990s R&B", stating that she wanted to sound more "edgy". According to Electric Bloom Magazine's Lauren du Plessis, she felt that the fourteen tracks on Genic was a combination of genres that Amuro had experimented since her debut; she specifically identified teen pop, bubblegum pop, R&B, and electronic dance music as elements. Michael McCarthy, writing for Otakudx.com, labelled the album's composition as J-pop, but reviewed the tracks with a variety of genres including pop, dance, rock, amongst others.

Pitchfork Media editor Patrick St. Michel found that "In recent years, she has tacked towards EDM, but where recent attempts have felt like cheap replicas, Genic sounds more inspired and confident." A reviewer from Selective Hearing identified 1980s music influences throughout the album. He compared the sound to her studio album Past Future, but felt Genic was more "radio friendly". Japanese music editor Random J believed that Genic was "the album Namie has been gearing towards for years. With [Amuro]'s past two albums you got a sense of what she was striving for, but the end results were lacking." He noted that the album did not include much of Amuro's self-described R&B style, but incorporated J-pop, dance, and rock music.

For Genic, the album is recorded entirely in English language, her first album to do so. All fourteen tracks from the album were written by the songwriters in Japanese and English language sets, in order for Amuro to decipher the different meanings of both languages. Lyrically, the album discusses several themes including beauty, narcissism, self-empowerment, fashion, amongst others. Amuro stated that while songs like "Time Has Come" and "It" may "pack a punch" in terms of delivery, she believed that they could also be interpreted as love songs. According to du Plessis, she felt Amuro's vocals were refreshing due to the dominance of Japanese idol groups such as AKB48; she felt the vocals of the groups had "omnipresent squeals".

Songs

The album's opening track, "Photogenic", is a pop song that includes heavy guitar riffs. "Time Has Come" was described as a "hyper" mid-tempo 1980s pop song with elements of R&B and rock music. "Golden Touch", one of the album's promotional singles, was described as a "straightforward" pop song, with elements of breakbeat, dance, and R&B music. According to Random J, he compared the track to Amuro's 2006 single "Can't Sleep, Can't Eat, I'm Sick", but "with a slower tempo and harder hitting drums and you're halfway there." "Birthday", one of the album's promotional singles, is a pop song that critics compared to the work of American recording artists Madonna, Selena Gomez and Katy Perry. Through the song's verses, it contains rap segments. "It" is an uptempo R&B-dance song which features consecutive whistle blowing through the songs composition. "Scream", a EDM-club track, was musically compared to American recording artist Kesha, whilst the seventh track, "Fashionista", is an upbeat pop song that includes music elements of dubstep. Both the song's lyrical content deals with fashion and narcissism.

The eighth album track, "Fly", is an upbeat drum and bass song with heavy music elements of rock. An alternative version was uploaded on Amuro's YouTube channel. "B Who I Want 2 B" was sampled by a song that was produced by English musician Sophie. "B Who I Want 2 B" was a duet with "U hum sneak it", which was revealed to be an anagram for Japanese vocaloid Hatsune Miku. Du Plessis found the collaboration "empty" and Miku as "irritatingly samey", while Patrick St. Michel from Pitchfork Media called it "one of the weirder songs to grace a major-label pop album in 2015". "Stranger" is an upbeat electronic dance track that employs dubstep elements. "Every Woman" and "Space Invader" are both dance tracks, with the latter featuring sexual innuendo lyrics "Rockin' in my face" and "Your such a space invader." "Anything" is a pop ballad that was compared to the work of American girl group TLC. The lyrics deal with self-confidence and loving yourself. The fourteenth and final track, "What I Did For Love", is an electronic dance song featuring David Guetta, that was originally recorded with British recording artist Emeli Sande.

Release and artwork

Genic was released on June 10, 2015 by Dimension Point and Avex Trax in four different formats. The stand-alone CD featured the fourteen tracks in a jewelcase, with first press editions including a promotional poster and housed in a special digipak design, whilst all versions includes one standard liner booklet and two lyric booklets. The CD and DVD format featured the fourteen tracks and a bonus DVD, including the music videos for: "Golden Touch", "Birthday", "Fashionista", "Stranger", and "Anything"; first press editions included a promotional poster, whilst all versions includes one standard liner booklet and two lyric booklets.. The CD and Blu-ray format featured the fourteen tracks and a bonus DVD, including the music videos for: "Golden Touch", "Birthday", "Fashionista", "Stranger", and "Anything", a special video for "Birthday", and a dance only music video for "Fashionista"; first press editions included a promotional poster, whilst all versions includes one standard liner booklet and two lyric booklets. The final format is the digital download, including all fourteen tracks.

The four Genic cover sleeves feature different images, all photographed by Tisch. All four images have close-up shots of Amuro's face, wearing a lace veil, and posing; the CD only cover features her with long hair. The digipak creations were designed by Jun Hirota, where each three physical formats include a different cut out to reveal a portion of the booklet. According to a music editor at Arcadey.net, they said about the artwork; "The album’s concept is all about how photogenic the backwards-ageing beauty is, which makes a lot of sense; Namie seems to cover about fifty magazines a week and the cheques she gets for all her endorsement deals probably makes her richer than Bill Gates." Editor of Japanese music Random J compared the artwork to Amuro's studio album Past Future.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Amazon	(positive)
CD Journal	(positive)
Electric Bloom Magazine
The Japan Times	(positive)
Kpopbreak.com	6.6/10
Otakudx.com	(positive)
Pitchfork Media	6.7/10
Random J Pop
Selective Hearing	(positive)

Genic received positive reviews from most music critics. A music editor from Amazon was positive in their review, commending the amount of genres and labelled the album "state-of-the-art". Similarly, CD Journal staff members reviewed the album, and complimented its "colorful" music elements of dance, R&B, rock, and pop music. Lauren Du Pressis from Electric Bloom Magazine awarded the album 7.5 stars out of ten. She praised Amuro's musical exploration and mature image, finding her a "chameleon force to the music industry". Although De Pressis criticized the album's featuring artists, particular production sections and repetition, she concluded "Any listeners of J-pop looking for something a little more mature should give it a go... You can't hide from an album this contagious."

A reviewer from Kpopbreak.com awarded it 6.6 points out of ten, praising the album's "slick" production and packaging, while criticizing the overuse of English language and certain composition elements. The reviewer commented "While it’s not as enjoyable as Feel, I think many fans will enjoy it for what it is: a fun, light-hearted and slightly vain album. And that’s fine! But I really hope she brings it out musically and lyrically next time. And please, less English!" In the review, the songs "Golden Touch", "It", "Fly" and "Anything" were selected as album stand outs, while "Stranger" was rated the worst with a zero out of ten score. Michael McCarthy from Otakudx.com complimented Amuro's "contagious energy and good time vibes" ,while stating "I love the fact that we have a whole new Namie Amuro album to digest". He concluded "Fortunately, that second listen only further solidified my opinion about it being the best J-Pop album so far this year... If you lay down your cash to buy one J-Pop album on CD this month, it should definitely be this crown jewel."

Patrick St. Michel from Pitchfork Media awarded the album 6.7 points out of ten. St. Michel noted, "Her English-speaking fans tend to mock her relentlessly for [her English language], and at times she slips over pronunciation.” He did commended the production and "smooth" vocal deliveries by Amuro. St. Michel concluded that while Genic's best point is its most “straightforward” production, "It's great pop because no one involved sounds like they're worrying about how to tailor her music to new audiences. If Amuro ever takes advantage of her new digs and tries to debut properly in the U.S., she should try to hold onto the simplicity of this feeling." An editor from Seletive Hearing was positive; though he did criticize her English language at some points on the album, he stated "With that said she has improved." They concluded saying, "Overall this should please many Amuro fans immensely," and believed many J-Pop fans and Amuro's fans, who do not enjoy her English work, should "give it a listen".

Accolades and recognition

Due to the album's success, it has garnered Amuro with several recognitions. Michael McCarthy wrote for the Love is Pop website, and listed the album at number nine on his "Top 60 Albums of 2015". The music video for "Anything" was recognized by the FWA Designs Awards for website of the day and month (June 15, 2015). It was also recognized by the Asia Design Awards of 2015. It received three specific ranking strategies: creativity (8.4 points), its content (8 points), and its visuals (7.8 points). The music video won the best innovative integration bronze award at the Spike Asia 2015 Awards, Amuro's first recognition at that ceremony. The music video for "Birthday" was nominated for the MTV Japan Music Video Award for Best Female Video, and independently nominated for Best Creativity Award on October 15, 2015; this was Amuro's first nominations in six years. During the ceremony, Amuro won both awards respectively. On December 18, the music video for "Golden Touch" was nominated for Song of the Year by the Hello Asia! Music Awards.

Commercial response

According to sales database company, Nielsen SoundScan in Japan, Billboard Japan reported that Genic was to debut at number one on both Japan's Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard's Top Albums Sales chart, pushing back entries by Japanese band Mr. Children and Japanese solo artist Superfly. As expected, Genic topped both the Billboard Top Albums and Top Albums Sales chart on chart week June 22, replacing Mr. Children's album Reflection (2015). On June 20, 2015, according to the World Music Awards organisation, they tallied up album sales of that week around the world, and Genic was the second best selling album of that week with the sales of 160,000 units; this was behind Drones by British band The Muse. The album slipped to numbers three and four during the chart week of June 29. In its third week on July 6, the album slipped again to number six on both charts. The album had its final charting appearance on the Hot Album Sales chart from the week of December 7, stalling at number 94 with a total of 25 weeks in that chart. It also had its final charting appearance on the Hot Albums chart from the week of December 28, stalling at number 67 with a total of 28 weeks in that chart.

On Japan's Oricon Daily Albums Chart, it entered at number one with first day sales of 81,491 units; these sales were lower than Feel, which sold over 110,000 units. By the end of the charting week of June 16, Genic entered the top spot of the Oricon Albums Chart with 160,474 units sold; this is her third lowest first week sales for a studio album since her 2001 album Break the Rules (157,850 first week sales), and her 2003 album Style (93,142 first week sales). Genic became the highest selling album by a female artist of 2015, which surpassed Superfly's entry White that had 119,000 first week sales. Genic fell to number the five the following week with 29,474 units sold, being replaced by Golden Bomber's No Music No Weapon (2014) and number six in its third week with 14,509 units sold. By the end of June, her album debuted at number two on the Oricon Monthly Albums Chart, with 204,457 units sold, just behind Mr. Children's Reflection with 499,316 units. The following month, it fell to number 18 with 23,505 units sold. By the end of 2015, Genic was ranked at number 16 on the Oricon Yearly Albums Chart with over 246,269 units sold in that region; this made it the best selling album by a female solo artist, and the third best selling album by a female performing artist/group of 2015 in Japan. As of May 2016, Genic has sold over 249,266 units, and has was certified platinum in July 2015 by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for physical shipments of 250,000 units.

Singles and promoted tracks

“Namie Amuro and the record label reached out to me, to create something more than just her singing and performing in front of camera, which is the case for most of her videos [...] She gave our team the complete freedom, which was amazing. She and the label immediately grasped the ideas when we presented to them, and gave us full autonomy of the project.”

—Director Masashi Kawamura talking about the video concept for "Golden Touch".

"What I Did for Love", a duet with French musician David Guetta, was released as the album's only single; it was released digitally in Japan on July 1, 2015. The song received mixed reviews from most music critics; some commended the production and collaboration between Amuro and Guetta, whilst some felt the production was "formulaic". A short lyric video was included on the album's track preview on Amuro's YouTube channel. Although the album track "B Who I Want 2 Be", a duet with vocaloid Hatsune Miku, was not a single, it received a music video and was promoted. In September 2015, an animated Amuro and Miku both appeared on Nylon, confirming a music video. The music video premiered on Amuro's YouTube channel on October 13, 2015.

The album tracks: "Golden Touch", "Birthday", "Fashionista", "Stranger", and "Anything" were promoted with music videos, all of which premiered on Amuro's YouTube channel between May 11 to May 26. Both "Birthday" and "Golden Touch" charted on two Billboard Japan charts chart; the former peaking at number 36 on Japan Hot 100, and the latter peaking at number 43 on the Radio Songs chart. After the music video for "Golden Touch" was published, it was widely received by the Western media. According to the director Masashi Kawamura, the video was shot over a three-month period. Elle magazine compared the video to the effects of optical illusions, calling it "Colorful, fun, gay ... but especially interactive." Japantrends.com commented that "Golden Touch" is "a good marketing stunt for a dying industry and overseas media has picked the story up too." Several international blogs and magazines, including Buzzfeed, Adobo magazine, Australia's Hello Asia website, Australia's Hello Asia, and listed as one of the music videos of the month by Creative Review in the United Kingdom. On June 5, "Golden Touch" debuted in North America on SiriusXM Hits 1 as part of their YouTube 15 schedule, hosted and selected by American blogger and YouTube personality Jenna Marbles. After the original music video achieved 10 million views on YouTube, a second video premiered that included shots of Amuro.

Promotion

Amuro promoted the album on several radio and live appearances. The album track, "Anything", was promoted as one of the first music videos produced by Google Chrome. According to a detailed review by Business Wire, "The new music video leverages Google Chrome Extensions to allow viewers to easily enjoy an enhanced version of the video. The Google Chrome version offers a brand new experience, unraveling mysteries in the standard version, and uses windows and tabs to express the music featured in the video." To activate the music video, it had to be downloaded through the Google Play store or through Amuro's website. The song's lyrics appeared on the URL address bar, and after watching the entire music video without skipping or interruptions, a special zip file was made available to download; it included a special message by Amuro in several different languages. That same month, she confirmed on her website that the album tracks would premiered throughout several radio stations in Japan, days before the albums release.

On April 10, 2015, Amuro confirmed an accompanying concert tour named Namie Amuro Livegenic 2015–2016. The concert tour started on September 5 at Saitama Super Arena, Chūō-ku, Saitama and carried out 44 shows in 15 different cities throughout Japan. That same month, Amuro confirmed that she would extend the concert tour outside of Japan to Taiwan on March 5 and 6, and Hong Kong on March 26, 2016. She set up a special Twitter account in support of the concert tour. The concert tour was released in two formats; a DVD, and a Blu-ray release. Both formats included two live bonus videos; "Arigatou" and "Break It", which were performed at Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena. Both the DVD and Blu-ray formats peaked at number one on the Oricon DVD and Blu-ray Charts, respectively. Staying in the chart for 10 weeks equally, the video album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 100,000 units.

Tracklistings

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Photogenic"	Maria Marcus Andreas Oberg Emyli	Marcus	3:27
2.	"Time Has Come"	Erik Lidbom Marcus	Marcus	3:45
3.	"Golden Touch"	Andy Love Joacim Persson Nikki Flores Tiger	Persson Johan Alkenas	3:31
4.	"Birthday"	Emyli Andreas Carlsson Gabrielle Symons Michael Lerios Demitri Lerios Svante Halldin Jakob Hazell	Svante Halldin Jakob Hazell	3:08
5.	"It"	Raphaella Mazaheri-Asadi Bardur Haberg Hiten Bharadia Oli Jogvansson	Haberg	2:44
6.	"Scream"	Erik Lidbom Jon Hällgren	Erik Lidbom Jon Hällgren	3:44
7.	"Fashionista"	Jenna Donnelly Scott Stoddart Emyli	Stoddart	3:32
8.	"Fly"	David Wade Mike Hunnid Skylar Mones Sunny Boy	Skylar Mones Sunny Boy	3:22
9.	"B Who I Want 2 B" (featuring Hatsune Miku)	Sophie Mitchie M	Sophie	2:52
10.	"Stranger"	Sky Beatz Sitaka Marcus Tiger	Hiro Doi Sky Beatz	3:37
11.	"Every Woman"	Chris Meyer Barbi Escobar Kevin Charge	Charge	3:02
12.	"Space Invader"	Gennessee Lewis Cait La Dee Michael McGarity	Mighty Mike	3:15
13.	"Anything"	James Foye Anthony Frank	Foye	4:51

Special Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"What I Did for Love"	David Guetta Giorgio Tuinfort Breyan Stanley Isaac Jason Evigan Sam Martin Sean Douglas	Guetta Tuinfort	3:27

Bonus DVD/Bluray disc
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Anything" ((music video))
16.	"Birthday" ((music video))
17.	"Fashionista" ((music video))
18.	"Golden Touch" ((music video))
19.	"Stranger" ((music video))

Hidden DVD/Bluray content
No.	Title	Length
20.	"Birthday" (Making of the video)
21.	"Fashionista" (Dance only music video)

All formats

• Standard CD – Consists of fourteen songs on one disc.
• First pressing standard CD – Consists of fourteen songs on one disc. First pressing issues include a bonus poster and house in a digipak.
• CD and DVD – Consists of fourteen songs on one disc. Includes five music videos and two special videos.
• First pressing CD and DVD – Consists of fourteen songs on one disc. Includes five music videos and two special videos. First pressing issues include a bonus poster.
• CD and Blu-ray – Consists of fourteen songs on one disc. Includes five music videos and two special videos.
• First pressing CD and Bl-Ray – Consists of fourteen songs on one disc. Includes five music videos and two special videos. First pressing issues include a bonus poster.
• Digital download – Consists of fourteen songs.

Credits and personnel

Personnel details were sourced from Genic's liner notes booklet.

Musicians

• Gary Adkins – chorus vocals (#4)
• Alisa – chorus vocals (#4)
• Namie Amuro – main vocals
• Olivia Burrell – chorus vocals (#4)
• Jeroen de Rijk – tambourines (#14)
• Sean Douglas – keyboards (#14)
• Emyli – chorus vocals (#4), additional background vocals (#2, #5, #7-8, #10)
• Bardur Haberg – all instruments (#5)
• Hatsune Miku – vocals (#9)
• Breyan Stanley Isaac – vocal background (#14)
• Singo Kubota – guitar (#8)
• Jocab Luttrell – vocal background (#14)
• Sam Martin – keyboards (#14)
• Neue Philharmonic Frankfurt – orchestra (#14)
• Andreas Oberg – guitar, synth bass guitar (#1)
• Candace Shields – vocal background (#14)
• Giorgio Tuinfort – piano (#14)

Imagery

• Wakana Chiba – creative coordination
• Jun Hirota – design
• Eichi Matsunaga – manicurist
• Akemi Nakano – hair, make-up
• Akira Noda – stylist
• Toshiyuki Suzuki – art direction
• TISCH – photographer

Personnel

• Johan Alkenas – producer (#3)
• Sky Beatz – track producer (#10)
• Kevin Charge – producer (#11)
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Dimension Point – sound production, A&R
• D.O.I. – mixing
• Hiro Doi – music producer (#10)
• James "Keyz" Foye – producer (#13)
• David Guetta – instrumentation, producer, programmer (#14)
• Bardur Haberg – producer (#5)
• Jon Hällgren – producer (#6)
• Kohei Hatakeyama – vocal recording (#2, #5-8, #10-11, #13)
• Svante Halldin – producer (#4)
• Jakob Hazell – producer (#4)
• Hirofumi Iwanaga – Hatsune Miku vocal production coordination (#9)
• Erik Lidbom – producer (#6)
• Maria Marcus – producer (#1-2)
• Raphaella Mazaheri-Asadi – vocal arrangement, vocal production (#5)
• Mighty Mike – producer (#12)
• Mitchie M – Hatsune Miku vocal production (#9)
• Skylar Mones – producer (#8)
• Wataru Namiusa – vocal recording (#1, #3-4, #9, #12, #14)
• Joacim Persson – producer (#3)
• Wataru Sasaki – Hatsune Miku vocal production coordination (#9)
• Sophie – producer (#9)
• Stella88 – management
• Scott Stoddart – producer (#7)
• Sunny Boy – producer (#8)
• Giorgio Tuinfort – instrumentation, producer, programmer (#14)
• Sam Wheat – recording engineer (#14)

Charts

Daily, weekly, and monthly charts

Chart (2015–2016)	Peak position
Japan Daily Albums Chart (Oricon)	1
Japan Weekly Albums Chart (Oricon)	1
Japan Monthly Albums Chart (Oricon)	2
Japan Weekly Albums Chart (Billboard)	1
Japan Weekly Albums Sales Chart (Billboard)	1

Yearly chart

Chart (2015–2016)	Peak position
Japan Yearly Albums Chart (Oricon)	16

Certification

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Japan (RIAJ)	Platinum	249,266
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Japan	June 10, 2015	CD CD and DVD digital download	Avex Trax Avex Music Creative Inc. Dimension Point
United States		Digital download	Avex Music Creative Inc.
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Ireland
France
Spain
Taiwan
Taiwan	June 19, 2015	CD CD and DVD	Avex Taiwan
Hong Kong	June 24, 2015	CD and DVD	Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong
South Korea		digital download	KT Corporation
Japan	June 29, 2015	Rental CD	Dimension Point

See also

• List of Oricon number-one albums of 2015

External links

• Genic – Namie Amuro's website.
• "B Who I Want to B" – Special 3D application website.
• "Anything" – Special GIF website.
• "Anything Extension" – Google Chrome extension download at Google Play.